Sorry, I skipped a week! The start of August was a doozy for me so I couldn’t update the blog for most of it but I’m back on the saddle!
It Ends With Us feud
The big book movie that’s getting all the headlines at the moment is the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us and all the press about it hasn’t been about the movie itself but the drama surrounding the cast.
As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, it was TikTok users that first noticed that something was off with the publicity rollout for the movie, with star and director Justin Baldoni seemingly being ostracized by Blake Lively and the rest of the cast.
I’ve heard about all of that from social media but one thing that The Hollywood Reporter…uhm…reports that I wasn’t aware of was that Blake Lively had her own cut of the film made? That’s…something.
People also has a roundup of everything that’s happened in connection with the supposed cast drama surrounding the adaptation. Honestly, I feel like it’s a lot of drama for a film that has received mixed reviews from critics.
‘People We Meet On Vacation’ adaptation
Another book that’s getting an adaptation is Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation. Tom Blyth is playing Alex while Emily Bader is playing Poppy for an adaptation that is going to be shown on Netflix.
I haven’t seen either of Tom or Emily’s work — Tom was in A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes while Emily was in My Lady Jane — but they do look great together in this casting announcement tweet that Netflix posted!
Britney Spears biopic
Yet another book adaptation, this time around Britney Spears’ biography The Woman in Me. According to Variety, it’s going to be directed by Jon M. Chu with Marc Platt producing. Britney tweeted about it too!
Iowa book ban
Now for more sobering news. In Iowa, a federal appeals court has overturned an earlier decision that halted the book ban that was pushed by the state’s Republican legislature and governor.
The Associated Press quotes Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird as saying that “parents will no longer have to fear what their kids have access to in schools when they are not around”, but girl. If Twitter and BookTok is any indication, all the kids are going to do is to look for these same “dangerous” books online and read it on their devices. You’re not doing anything useful!
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